Florida Board of Medicine

Physicians who don’t comply with the new requirements could face disciplinary action from their state boards if complaints are filed and found to have merit.

A website lists a wide range of conditions - from cancer to incontinence to pelvic organ prolapse to COVID-19 recovery - that can be addressed through physical therapy.

At issue is a provision that requires physicians to have in-person consultations with patients before prescribing obesity-treatment drugs, which is inconsistent with the state’s telehealth law.

A new state law aimed at protecting patients from unwanted pelvic exams does not apply to people who are “biologically male,” according to a state medical…

Increased use of telehealth has been described as a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing patients who have been staying home to see their…

Worried that the proposal would deplete their operating budget, members of the Florida Board of Medicine on Friday overwhelmingly shot down a request for…

In an attempt to destigmatize mental health counseling, members of two Florida licensing boards voted on Thursday to alter medical-history questions on…

Smoking is gaining popularity among Florida's medical marijuana patients.Physicians wrote nearly 1.4 million orders certifying medical marijuana for…

Citing budgetary concerns, members of the Florida Board of Medicine delayed until October a decision on a request to waive physician licensure and renewal…

A state licensing board continues to grapple with how best to address mental-health issues and substance abuse among medical students and physicians…